Deck 9: Equality and Human Rights

Question 1

Rights of Man was written by

A)Thomas Paine
B)Hemmingway
C)Laski
D)Earnest Barker

Answer 1

Thomas Paine

Question 2

Social welfare theory of right has been criticised by liberal theory on the ground that it limits the rights of the

A)society and State
B)individual
C)society
D)State

Answer 2

individual

Question 3

Who said, "a right is claim recognized by society and enforced by the state"

A)Bosanquet
B)Plato
C)Barker
D)Marshall

Answer 3

Bosanquet

Question 4

'Rights' is integrally connected with

A)equality
B)law
C)freedom
D)justice

Question 5

The phrase, "All men are created equal and they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights" is associated with

A)American Declaration of Independence
B)France Revolution
C)Glorious Revolution
D)Preamble of Indian Constitution

Question 6

Which is regarded as one of the basic features of the theory of natural rights

A)limitation
B)universality
C)partiality
D)artificial

Question 7

Social welfare theory of rights presumes that rights are to be promoted for

A)welfare of the environmentalist
B)welfare of the individual
C)welfare of the industrialist
D)welfare of the common citizens

Question 8

Who among the following sees individual rights as one of the goal of public policy to maximize the total welfare of the population?

A)Utilitarian
B)Contractualist
C)Liberalist
D)Marxist

Question 9

Aristotle concept of justice consists of what is lawful and fair by treating

A)Unequal equally
B)Equal unequally
C)Equal equally and unequal equally
D)equals equally and unequal unequally

Question 10

The term justice is derived from Latin word

A)jus
B)jio
C)justine
D)jam

Question 11

Plato gave his theory of justice in his book

A)The Republic
B)The Allegory of the Cave
C)Apology
D)None of the above

Question 12

Who analysed justice as a virtue to respect freedom, autonomy, and dignity of others.

A)Marx
B)Rawls
C)Kant
D)Dreze

Question 13

Who said, "Justice is the chiefest interest of man"?

A)Daniel Webster
B)Kant
C)Kothari
D)Merriam

Question 14

Who defined justice as "the virtue by which all people are given their due"

A)Aquinas
B)Machiavelli
C)Augustine
D)Nelsen

Question 15

Natural justice is the concept originated from

A)State law
B)Court of law
C)Religion
D)Law of nature

Question 16

Which is not parts of distributive justice

A)free primary education
B)free speech
C)free health care
D)none of the above

Question 17

Who is the author of Principles of Social Justice?

A)Anne Phillips
B)Jean Dreze
C)David Miller
D)Macmillan

Question 18

Political justice implies the process in which everyone has the liberty to exert their basic political rights under

A)the protection of the State
B)the protection of community
C)the guidance of God
D)the protection of election authority

Question 19

The principle of Legal justice is defined by

A)customary practices
B)court of law
C)church
D)moral principles

Question 20

Corrective justice is a concept in which

A)the wrongdoer should not benefit from his faulty behaviours
B)the wrongdoer should benefit from his faulty behaviours
C)the wrongdoer should be punished without any trail
D)the accused is set free

Question 21

"Justice as fairness" is associated with

A)Taylor
B)Kymlicka
C)Green
D)Rawls

Question 22

Which of the following book was written by John Rawls?

A)Social Justice
B)A Theory of Justice
C)Game Theory
D)Theory of Rights

Question 23

Rawls defined justice in terms of maximum equal liberty based on

A)equal rights
B)social justice
C)moral justice
D)equal opportunity

Question 24

Social justice fought against

A)social and economic discrimination in the society
B)restraint
C)unequal liberty and rights in the society
D)private property of the rich in the society

Question 25

According to Rawls, social and economic inequalities are to be arranged

A)for liberty to prevails
B)to promote equality
C)to the greatest benefit of the least advantaged
D)to benefit the least advance group in the society